Author: Alpha Daffae Senkpeni

Monrovia – Financial documents obtained by FrontPage Africa show that the Liberia Medicines & Health Products Regulatory Authority or LMHRA is allegedly using three different payrolls to pay its top staff. The documents also show that the entity has been employing a subtle but rather “cunning way of disbursing incentives to some of its top staff”. Already, the Liberian government is struggling to deal with a very bloated payroll and FPA has gathered that the number of all government employees has reached 90,000. This means a huge percentage of the national budget is spent on government employees’ salaries. Entrenched Corruption…

Dr. Chris Dougbeh Nyan is famous for inventing a diagnostic test Monrovia – As the debate on the industrialization of Marijuana makes way to public discourse, a Liberian scientist based in the United States says industrializing the usage will enhance regulation by the government and economic gains. “I do support the legalization and regulated commercial cultivation of marijuana so as to avoid its abuse as a substance but contribute to the economy of Liberia and medical science,” says Dr. Dougbeh Chris Nyan. “A wealth of evidence has demonstrated the medical value of marijuana as therapy for people with very severe…

Judge Yussif D. Kaba Monrovia – The prediction was never inaccurate and the appointment was just timely. For some, it’s a “tactical” political appointment but for others, this has the making of “divisiveness”. The appointment of Judge Yussif D. Kaba to the Supreme Court bench on Monday came with bitter-sweet emotions for members of his Mandingo tribe but at the same time, it gives President George Weah some grip on the community. The Mandingo ethnic group, like many Liberians opposing the impeachment of now-former Associate Justice Kabinah Ja’neh, termed the process as “unconstitutional”. They saw it as an attack against…

Grand Bassa County – The lifeless body of a man who reportedly went missing on the rubber plantation of the Liberian Agricultural Company has been discovered, according to Vicent Willie, Representative of District #4, where the company is located in Grand Bassa County. Fallah Kettor, believe to be in his mid-40s, was an employee of Liberia’s second largest rubber company. He went missing after he reportedly walked out of the company’s hospital at 3 Am on Sunday, March 24. When his body was discovered at 11:45 pm Friday, family sources told FrontPageAfrica via mobile phone that several parts of his…

Former Information Minister, Dr. Laurence K. Bropleh Monrovia – President George Weah’s new Special Envoy and Advisor says he’s aware of the communication challenges dogging the government, while hinting the significance of a “proactive communicative style”. Dr. Laurence K. Bropleh, who served as Minister of Information during the first tenure of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, was recently appointed by President Weah in dual capacity. While his role will mainly be advisory, he seems upbeat by the task and has told FrontPage Africa in exclusive interview how he intends to serve the government. As an advisor to the President, he will have…

Monrovia – Smoking marijuana has caused many troubles for Liberia, rendering some users mentally ill while imposing a ridiculously daunting task on law enforcers to control its usage.

Monrovia – Bea Mountain Mining Corporation has informed the government of Liberia that it will shortly redundant 52 employees within its construction and mining departments.

A girl coordinates the sale of water from her family well in Buzzyquarter in Monrovia / photo: Senkpeni Monrovia – James T. Gono wakes up 3 AM every day to manage the water in his well. It is the main water source for his family, tenants, neighbors, and now for residents of other communities. Report By Alpha Daffae Senkpeni / [email protected] Gono, 57, says he is struggling to keep water in his well since this year’s dry season reached its peak. Many residents say the community is facing its most severe water shortage for the first time in many decades.…

Margibi County – As the government of Liberia struggles to set the country’s educational sector on par with other nations’ educational sectors, some group of Liberians outside their country and at home have stepped in to help improve the sector.

Joy FM, lacsted on New Port Street in Central Monrovia, is the second Station Attcaked by unknown Persons in Less a month Monrovia – Joy Fm, a radio station based in central Monrovia, has been put off the air by unknown men who attacked the station Tuesday, destroying the cable of its transmitter.